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U.S. Won’t Restore TPS for Venezuelans After Maduro’s Capture

Homeland Security directs people to refugee processing, a pathway largely closed to those already in the United States.

MADRID, SPAIN – 2025/01/09: A man from the Venezuelan community living in Madrid holds a Venezuelan flag during a demonstration under the slogan “Venezuela is all of us, glory to the brave people”, against the regime of Nicolas Maduro prior to his inauguration as president of Venezuela. (Photo by Luis Soto/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and DHS aide Tricia Mclaughlin reaffirmed that the administration will not reinstate Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans.
  • The program was ended in November, affecting more than 500,000 Venezuelans who lost protection from removal and work authorization.
  • DHS is steering people to refugee processing, which is limited to applicants outside the country and constrained by very low admissions, according to immigration attorneys.
  • Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins and other South Florida officials are urging a TPS reinstatement, warning that returning people to Venezuela remains unsafe after Nicolás Maduro’s capture.
  • Legal battles continue over TPS rollbacks, with a federal court finding terminations for Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua unlawful while the Venezuela–Haiti case is frozen by the Supreme Court.